Defining Extreme Sport: Conceptions and Misconceptions

One feature of how sport is defined is the distinction between extreme and non-extreme sport. BASE jumping is an example of an “extreme sport” because it involves a high degree of risk, whilst swimming is classified as “non-extreme” because the risks involved are minimal. This broad definition falls...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Rhonda, Baluch, Bahman, Duffy, Linda J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405477
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01974
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spelling pubmed-62008472018-11-07 Defining Extreme Sport: Conceptions and Misconceptions Cohen, Rhonda Baluch, Bahman Duffy, Linda J. Front Psychol Psychology One feature of how sport is defined is the distinction between extreme and non-extreme sport. BASE jumping is an example of an “extreme sport” because it involves a high degree of risk, whilst swimming is classified as “non-extreme” because the risks involved are minimal. This broad definition falls short of identifying the extent of risk and ignores the psychological, social-demographic and life style variables associated with engagement in each sport. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6200847/ /pubmed/30405477 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01974 Text en Copyright © 2018 Cohen, Baluch and Duffy. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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